A city committee has given the thumbs up to a plan that would aim to shed Ottawa's reputation as the city that fun forgot, by promoting nightlife in the capital and attracting more touring acts to the city.

City of Ottawa staff and councillors worry the province's aim to override municipal powers and fast-track a new long-term care home in the south end sets a precedent for less local say in future developments.

Ottawa is making some progress but is still not meeting its own targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions or increase climate change resiliency according to goals set out in theclimate change master plan, the city's environment and climate change committee heard Tuesday.

Ottawa's transportation committee approved the first part of the city's new transportation master plan Monday, laying out a vision to see fewer people relying on cars in the coming decades.

The largest union at Carleton University, which representscontract employees at the school, went on strike this morning, the Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) says.

The death of a two-year-old has his mother and a CHEO worker raising the alarm about a lack of basic health and hygiene in their temporary home. Motel ownership says it has no reason to be believe conditions contributed to the death.

Thousands of children lack protection against measles and other diseases in Ottawa because they didn't receiveroutine vaccinations during the pandemic, according to new data from Ottawa Public Health.